... genetic, and epigenetic causes of cancer and their interactions A firm understanding ofthe underlying causes of cancer incidence, suffering, and mortality is funda mental to the development and ... our understanding ofthe tumor microenvironment and permit the development ofeffective therapeutics associated with minimal drug resistance, diagnostic tests that assess the state ofthe microenvironment, ... comprehensive understanding ofthe mechanisms of cancer initiation and progression and their implications for diagnosis and treatment Cancer remains one ofthe most complicated and difficult diseases...
... part ofthe supply side because ofthe reliance of space missions on ground communications One feature of supply and demand relationships is that they are often nested, both in and outside the ... preserved and protected now and in thefuture Across systems, some ofthe space-support planning and execution policies questioned included the following: • consistency of maintenance philosophy and ... for public and government uses The Air Force provides GPS and weather services as public goods and bears the full costs of sustainment for all users The combination ofthe uniqueness of space-system...
... so that an ERA [of the production ofthe PAS] is also included in the approval” [56] If so, a production ERA ofthe PASs andofthe finished medicines would also become part ofthe PERA However, ... a model for themselves or for the whole ofthe EU for existing PAS In particular the Nordic countries with Norway and Denmark (beside Sweden), but also Germany, the Netherlands andthe UK are ... clarification and harmonise the use ofthe EMA [26] PERA guideline This Q&ADoc has due to the time passed since originally writing the manuscript, this is now of cial become theof cial companion to the...
... provision of Kangaroo Mother Care to stable newborns where the baby is carried on the front ofthe mother’s chest (with direct skin-to-skin contact) is an effectiveand safe way of caring for these ... Improve the quality of hospital care through provision of protocols, training of health care workers and strengthening of supportive supervision Strengthen and institutionalize the use of mortality ... of a comprehensive health service, andthe quality ofthe services reflects the overall quality ofthe health system Strategies to address this: • • • • • • Ensure that there is coordinated planning...
... National Planof Action for Children (2005) are at the forefront ofthe Ministry‟s child-related priorities The Policy andPlanof Action need to be aligned with thecurrentand projected needsof ... fulfillment ofthe 18 commitments ofthe XI Planand building on them to realize the Ministry‟s vision and mission for women and children The Ministry hopes that the FYSP, coupled with the RFD, ... women and children 19 METHODOLOGY AND TIMEFRAME The Ministry of Women and Child Development initiated theStrategic Planning process by putting together an Action Plan for the development of the...
... crisis since the Great Depression ofthe 1930’s There are fundamental differences between the crash of 1929, andthe crash of 2009 People own more, expect more, andthe economies ofthe World are ... your Skills to get the Right Job 73 15 The Economic benefits of Home Gardening 75 16 The Benefits of Thrift 76 iii Part Five: Into theFuture A new Type of Corporate Executive 77 TheFutureof ... around the world look at the election of President Obama, as a great moment of positive change However, the 44th President ofthe USA, entered the White House, amidst the beginning ofthe worse...
... specialty, address, and place of work These reports are tallied and published as the Survey of Physicians [13] The number of medical doctors in our baseline year of 2008, stratified by sex and age, ... doi:10.1186/1478-4491-9-14 Cite this article as: Takata et al.: Thecurrent shortage andfuture surplus of doctors: a projection ofthefuture growth ofthe Japanese medical workforce Human Resources for ... especially after most ofthe baby boomers die Yet the Japanese government andthe two major parties have given little thought to predicting long-term trends in the supply ofand demand for medical...
... crisis since the Great Depression ofthe 1930’s There are fundamental differences between the crash of 1929, andthe crash of 2009 People own more, expect more, andthe economies ofthe World are ... your Skills to get the Right Job 73 15 The Economic benefits of Home Gardening 75 16 The Benefits of Thrift 76 iii Part Five: Into theFuture A new Type of Corporate Executive 77 TheFutureof ... around the world look at the election of President Obama, as a great moment of positive change However, the 44th President ofthe USA, entered the White House, amidst the beginning ofthe worse...
... obligations of researchers and those of a for-profit player (to each other, to the participants and to the wider society) abound How these conflicting views, values and beliefs are weighed and balanced ... the quality of research or the quality ofthe critiques/commentaries they publish? Can the publishers be held accountable or even liable for the impact ofthe articles they publish? Researchers ... are currently asked to ensure that research protocols they approve are ethically conducted The logistics and practicalities of this mandate, ways to minimize intrusiveness and to maximize effectiveness,...
... the U.S.) Such was the weight ofthe NSFNET program’s COMMUNICATIONS OFTHE ACM February 1997/Vol 40, No 105 ecumenism and funding ($200 million, 1986–1995) andthe quality ofthe protocols themselves ... specifications ofthe protocols The beginnings ofthe ARPANET andthe Internet in the university research community promoted the academic tradition of open publication of ideas and results However, the normal ... is the Director ofthe Computer Networks Division ofthe Information Sciences Institute ofthe University of Southern California Lawrence G Roberts (lroberts@atmsys.com) is the President of ATM...
... linear joint and take into account the movements ofthe linear joint in addition to the fluid demand of their respective axes The control of each actuator is then linked to the control ofthe linear ... point of view Indeed using these components allows removal of all pressure sensors and therefore reduces the probability of failure ofthe system In the case of an electrical failure ofthe pressure ... viscosity ofthe fluid andthe radial clearance The contact area is a cylinder of diameter ds and length Ls The flow forces FQ are sometimes called Bernoulli Forces and are due to the dynamics of the...
... vertical plane ofthe hull The wheels are pushed against the inside wall ofthe pipe and driven along the circumference ofthe pipe In this way, they generate a screw-type motion and move along the ... of WTC disaster, andthe effectiveness ofthe flipper tracks has been proven However, the flipper tracks and body section of vehicle may get object between them, andthe joints that connect them ... sprocket and idler sprocket, r the radius ofthe sprockets The centerline ofthe vehicle runs through the geometrical center of each cross section ofthe vehicle As mentioned above, when the vehicle...
... decay ofthe seedling before emergence, girdling ofthe emerged seedling at or near the soil surface, and rotting of root tips Crop rotation, quality ofthe seed, timely planting, andthe use of ... Capps, 2003) Some ofthe cotton growing regions of Texas are in the process of actively eradicating the BW from the LRGV in south Texas andthe Winter Garden area (WGA) south and west of San Antonio, ... a, 2010) The verde plant bug has increased in pest status since the initiation ofthe second attempt to eradicate the BW in the LRGV (2005) and from 1999 to the present in the Upper and Lower...
... the total momentum around the center of mass ofthe base body In the absence of external forces, the total momentum is conserved From eq (1), the motion ˙ ofthe base body is expressed by φ and ... 2010: CurrentandFuture Challenges base, the system is termed a free-floating robot The integral ofthe upper part of eq (6) describes the total linear and angular momentum around the center of ... matrix ofthe base and for link k comk puted by (21), respectively The coefficient ofthe first term on the righthand side corresponds to the generalized Jacobian matrix ofthe base (link 0) in the...
... submanifold and mode-boundary 93 Let q1 and q2 be the angles ofthe link manipulator and θ be angle ofthe object τ1 and τ2 are the torques for joints and 2, respectively Because ofthe constraint, the ... denotes the contact force between the link andthe object Let m and I0 denote the mass and inertia ofthe object, respectively R denotes the viscosity resistance coefficient The dynamics ofthe ... for DOFs parallel manipulators uses consequently the compensation of desired dynamics Second, the necessity of x and v for the calculation ofthe inverse dynamics and especially the Coriolis and...
... the upper layer) When Δl = 0, the command a means that the modes should be maintained as and When Δl = on the other hand, it is required that the modes should be and Thus, the ... The obtained mapping is depicted in the left hand of Fig The bottom circle corresponds to the initial state with z and each circle in the figure denotes a sample The right hand of Fig shows the ... between the object andthe floor as point It is assumed that the agent can observe at each control sampling time the joint angles ofthe manipulator and their velocities and also • position and velocity...
... description ofthe half hitch The left end andthe right end ofthe rope are represented by l1 and l2, andthe left end andthe right end ofthe object are represented by r1 and r2 The description of ... represents the degree of adaptation and b is the adaptation constant or selfinhibition effect ofthe i-th neuron The output of each neuron ye(f)i is taken as the positive part of xi andthe output ofthe ... Finally the joint angles are modified as shown in Fig 11, where the bottom plot is the output of q2 andthe top one is the output of q4 Fig 12 shows the snap shots ofthe simulated crank motion by the...
... terms of stiffness, as soon as one ofthe cable portion looses its tension The design ofthe upper limb exoskeleton ABLE axis In the first applications ofthe SCS the advantage ofthe alignment of ... with the flexibility ofthe skin and muscle, this perturbation (≈ 2%) is relatively small and thus likely to not be felt by the user A second cause of perturbation is the offset ofthe center C of ... translate of about mm relatively to the fixed arch The absence of enclosure andthe flexibility ofthe human skin should make it insensitive however Fig 26 shows thecurrent project of a forearm-wrist...
... movement Furthermore, on the basis of a comparison ofthe functions ofthe three subsystems of TW-1 and TW-2, the advantages and disadvantages of each were clarified From the result of this comparison, ... vertical plane ofthe hull The wheels are pushed against the inside wall ofthe pipe and driven along the circumference ofthe pipe In this way, they generate a screw-type motion and move along the ... of WTC disaster, andthe effectiveness ofthe flipper tracks has been proven However, the flipper tracks and body section of vehicle may get object between them, andthe joints that connect them...
... θ, and δ denote the rotational angle ofthe robot’s body with respect to the inertial frame, the rotational angle ofthe wheel with respect to the body frame, andthe inclination angle ofthe ... ,!W , and IW , m denote the linear velocity ofthe origin ofthe wheel frame, the angular velocity ofthe wheel frame ,the wheel’s inertial tensor all represented in the inertial frame andthe ... is the mechanical torque generated by the motor, eb is the back EMF ofthe motor and i a is the armature current Here v app is the input voltage (i.e., the control variable) and i a denotes the...